Bulawayo, Harare and Munyati power stations need upgrading to enhance generation capacity. (Image source: Spartak Vasev/Flickr)
The Indian government will partly finance the refurbishment of three thermal power stations in Zimbabwe which will cost the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) US$300mn
The Ethiopia-Kenya power project will be a 1,068km high voltage transmission line with a power transfer capacity of up to 2,000MW. (Image source: Rambla/Flickr)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a third round of loans, worth US$115mn, for construction of the power transmission line between Ethiopia and Kenya
Chinese firm, Guangdong Bureau of Coal Geology, plans to invest at least US$3.5bn in building a 1,200MW thermal power plant in Zimbabwe
Daniel Kablan Duncan, the prime minister of Cote dIvoire, and Zhang Guoqing, Chinese ambassador to Cote dIvoire, have signed a loan agreement for the construction of a hydroelectric dam in the countrys Soubré region
The Rwandan government has said it will invest US$4.7bn in the countrys energy sector over the next five years to help it meet its ambitious target of producing 1,000MW of electricity by 2017